the shit out of
Appearance
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]the shit out of (not comparable)
- (vulgar) To an intense degree.
- 1978, Michael Blankfort, Take the A train[1], page 183:
- Not only was San Juan Joe somewhere out there — and it sure boiled the shit out of me to think of him — but there was something sad about the two of us.
- 1996, Bruce Jay Friedman, A Father's Kisses[2], page 170:
- " […] They expected you to be a snob, but you came across as a modest guy and charmed the shit out of them."
- 2013, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, The Remake: As Time Goes By[3], Untreed Reads, →ISBN:
- Call your press conferences. Organize boycotts. Sue the shit out of me. You're gonna do for free what I would have paid you for, shit-for-brains.
- 2015, J.L. Berg, The Ready Series: The Boxed Set:[4]:
- " […] Besides, I'm pretty proficient with living the shit out of my life, thank you very much."
Usage notes
[edit]- Formerly used only with verbs of physical assault like beat.
- Can be used with almost any transitive verb.